The East End Preservation Society

Founded in 2013, the East End Preservation Society (EEPS) is an informal group that uses the power of social media to bring people together who ‘care about the East End and are concerned about the future of its built environment’. Followers include some prominent figures in the heritage world – such as East End resident and former National Gallery and Royal Academy Director, Sir Charles Saumarez Smith, who has lent his weight to a campaign to save the George Tavern on Commercial Road, a legendary venue for music of all kinds, poetry, and drama, as well as the epicentre of the East End’s thriving artistic community. Brick Lane’s large Jewish community has moved on but two beigel